diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 4600f877c29283d5b9777e42ee3bd6f207a68bab..8a22039a90ba4c3db1b839ddd3efce33028e283f 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -737,15 +737,13 @@ int request_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 	if (!handler)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	action = kmalloc(sizeof(struct irqaction), GFP_KERNEL);
+	action = kzalloc(sizeof(struct irqaction), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!action)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	action->handler = handler;
 	action->flags = irqflags;
-	cpus_clear(action->mask);
 	action->name = devname;
-	action->next = NULL;
 	action->dev_id = dev_id;
 
 	retval = __setup_irq(irq, desc, action);